TO RAISE funds for charity, the team at JW Marriott Hong Kong joined nine other Marriott-managed hotels in Hong Kong for the hotel group’s charity event Run to Give. A total of 85 staff joined nearly 500 participants for the run at Sunny Bay on Lantau Island. The event raised HK$130,000 for the Hong Chi Association.
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Run to Give’s JW Marriott Hong Kong winners: (L-R) Assistant Front Office Manager Mr Alvin Shing (1st runner-up, Men’s 8km); Cook A (Main Kitchen) Mr Taylor Fok (winner, Men’s 3km); Cook C (JW Café) Mr Anthony Lee (1st runner-up, Men’s 3km); and Assistant Director of Event Management Ms Shirley Woo (2nd runner-up, Women’s 3km).
Staff from JW Marriott Hong Kong joined other participants from Marriott-managed hotels for Run to Give, which raised HK$130,000 for charity.
JW Marriott Hong Kong’s Assistant Director of Event Management Ms Shirley Woo (3rd from right) and Accounting Assistant Mr Vincent Yip (1st from right) formed a team with two other Marriott hotels in Hong Kong for the Hong Chi Climbathon.
The team at JW Marriott Hong Kong also took part in the annual Hong Chi Climbathon by Hong Chi Association, forming the “Marriott Power” team with two other Marriott hotels in Hong Kong. They scaled their way up Central Plaza, one of Hong Kong’s tallest skyscrapers on Hong Kong Island. They covered 75 floors in just 10 minutes and 10 seconds, coming in third runner-up out of nine teams. The team also raised over HK$29,000 for the association.
Hong Chi Association is a non-profit organisation that serves over 7,000 people with mental disabilities, providing services such as special education, job training, sheltered employment and professional therapy.
